Improved machine for rolling whips



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li-USTUS l). LUTHER, OF BERLIN, WISCNSI.'

Letters .Patent No. 58,762, lated S'cptember 1l),".l867. l l

- IMPROVE) MAGHINE FOR ROLLING Be it known that I, Jusrcs I. Ln'rnnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Berlin, countyof Green Lake, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a n ew, useful, and improved Machine for Rolling all Sorts and Sizes of Whips and Whip-Leslies; andl do hereby dcclarcthc following to be a full and exact description of the same, and of the construction and operation thereof, reference boing had to the accompanying drawings, being Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, and the letters of reference marked thereon.

This machine consists of the different parts represented, in 1, 2, 3and 4, whichl will4 now explain and describe. f

Figure l is a diagonal and downward view from the rear left-hand corner, and represents the frame A AA A A A A, the surface of the table B d B d, the crank-wheel b, crank c, fly-wheel d, pitman v, the movable and adjustable rolling-block m, ono of thc elevating-rollers un, the driving-post p, the chain Z, the main lever u, a small part of the hand-bar e', the eccentric lever k, part of the eccentric w, the dog-bar o, the ratchet-Wheels s s, the small pulleys c c, the spiral spring h, the large pulleys ff, the weight-cords y :wand the Weights g g..

Figure 2 is a diagonal side and front view of the rolling-block mi, in connection with the rollers n 92.

Figure 3 is a representation of the wedge D b.

Figure 4 is a birds-eye view of a section of the machine, showing the hand-bare', the hands n: x, medegbar o, and the dogs e s, at the moment when the machine is thrown out of gear by pushing forward the eccentric lever lc. 4 i

A rolling-bed of marble may bc embedded in the table, underneath and upon the path of the rolling-block m, which latter may also be faced with marble, so that the whips may be rolled between two marble surfaces.

This machine is so constructed that two whips may be rolled by it simultaneously, whether alike or of differeut sizes or shapes, the rolling-block m adjusting itself` to the peculiar form, sine, and taper of each. The following is the manner of operating it:

The Whips or lashes to be rolled are laid upon the table lengthwise, and parallel to each'otlicigat right angles with and underneath the rolling-block fm, and attached by means of cords and hooks to the large pulleys ff and the small pulleys s s, as seen in iig. 1, wherein the Whips are' marked q 4]. When the machine is worked by hand the operator stands to the right of the crank-wheel b and turns it. The crank-wheel Za andthe ily-wheel d rest upon the sanne axles, and are solidly connected by the crank c, consequently all three are turned by the same motion. By this movement the pitman ai is caused to push forward the rolling-blockin., which, ,as it moves on, rests upon, presses, and rolls the whips, until the driving-post p, which is inserted in the rear en d of thc rolling-block m, strikes and moves forward the main lover u, and the rolling-block mis at the same moment lifted off the whips by running up on the elevating-rollers u 11,. The main lever u being thus moved forward pushes back the hand-bar if, causing the hands m :o to catch and move the ratchet-wheels s s, to which they adjust thcmselves by moans of the spiral spring 7i. The ratchet-wheels s s being firmly iixed to the small pulleys c c, both are turned by the same movement, and the whips boing freed from the rolling-block are 'taken up by the small pulleys e c and paid out by thelarge pulleys fj', the weight-pulleys 7' 5,1', which arc the axles of the large pulleys, at the same time taking up the Weight-cords y y. (l have noiv described thc operation of the machinery during the first half turn of the crank c.) By the next halt' revolution of the crank the pitman v is of course dra-wn back, pulling the rollingbloclr m down oil" thc elevating-rollers n.11, and back over the whips, pressing and rolling them on its return, and pulling` bach the main lover u and the hand-bar z', the dogs :a z meantime catching and retaining the ratchet-wheels s s, to which they adjust themselves by means of the spiral spring 7i. This operation is continued until the whips are completely rolled. The machine is then stopped at the moment when the rolling-block m is elevated upon the rollers n u. The maehincis then thrown out of gear by pushing the eccentric lever c forward toward the centro of the table, thus throwing farther apart the hand-bar z' and the dog-bar o, and releasing the ratchet-wheels s s, when the motion of the pulleys is immediately reversed by the power ol the Weights g g, and the whips are paid out by the small pulleys a n, and `taken up by the largo pulleys ff dnd detached from the hooks.

The rolling-block in may be elevated more or less to compare with the size of the whips to `be rolled by having elevating-rollers of diiierent'sizes for the rear, and by the proper adjustment of the Wedge D b in the front end of the rolling-block below'the Pitman-joint in a' groove made for that purpose, as represented in iig. 2, making a more 4abrupt plane for the forward elevating-roller.

This niefeliine may be operated by steamioi other powei` imparted to the crank-"Wheel b by the use of eogs .or belts, o1 anyof the'eommen devices for that purpose.

claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLettei-s Patent'- 1. The application of r:i pitmon, driven by steam o1` other Power', to e blockvfor rollingliiplztslies,`moving at right angles with the lash, substantially es specilecl.

2. 'The application of inclined planes :1t eaeheiicl of a block for rolling wli'rlaslies to the elevating-rollers n n, or any equivalent device, so :is to lift vthe bleek and allow the lashes to slide, substantially as specified.

3. The combination oftlie Pitman v, rolling-block m, rollers n n, driving-post p, main lever u, lionel-bar z, hands a: x, ratchet-s'lioelses, and small pulleys e e, so as to roll the lashes amel slide them undertlie rolling-block A' JUSTU'SY P. LUTHER.

Witnesses:

Taos. RYAN, A.. L. Teams.- 

